Violence against women and children
4 February 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Baroness Gale (Labour) will call attention to measures to tackle violence against women and children in a debate this Thursday, 5 February, in the House of Lords.
Other Members scheduled to take part include:
- Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Crossbench); Vice-president of Marie Curie Cancer Care and former Chairman of the Association for Palliative Medicine
- Lord Henley (Conservative); Conservative spokesperson for Justice
- Baroness Massey of Darwen (Labour); former adviser in personal, social and health education for the Inner London Authority
- Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws (Labour); Queen’s Counsel
- Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Liberal Democrat); Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Home Affairs and supporter of charities including International Children's Trust (Juconi), and Save the Children
- Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat); Liberal Democrat spokesperson for International Development
- Baroness Rendell of Babergh (Labour); supports charities including Refuge and Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture
- Baroness Walmsley (Liberal Democrat); Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Children, Schools and Families and ambassador for the NSPCC
- Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Labour); Attorney General and former Government spokesperson for women’s issues/equal agenda
Further information
- A-Z list of Members of the Lords
- List of speakers - Lords Government Whips Office
- Parliamentary calendar
- Parliament Live - watch the debate live
- Lords Hansard - transcript available approximately three hours from the start of the debate